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GGT Seminar: Obstructing reducible surgeries on knots in S^3 using Knot Floer homology

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Groups, Geometry, and Topology Seminar
Location
347 Altgeld Hall
Date
Oct 10, 2024   11:00 am - 12:00 pm  
Speaker
Holt Bodish (Illinois)
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Originating Calendar
Groups, Geometry, and Topology Calendar

In this talk we discuss using the mapping cone formula and the d-invariants from Heegaard Floer homology as tools for obstructing reducible surgeries on certain classes of knots. This will be an introduction to these techniques and no prior knowledge of knot Floer homology will be assumed. 

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